Metro rail for whose benefit?
From the June 25 and 26 issues of the Prothom Alo, we learnt of two very disturbing pieces of news. The first one was about DAP (Detailed Area Plan) of Dhaka. My letter was published on July 5, 2010 thanking the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for backing the recovery of grabbed rivers and lands. At a meeting on June 21, 2010, she assigned seven ministers to implement the plan. But in the two years nothing has been done and the plan is going to be changed for the benefit of the land grabbers.
The second one was about the flyovers and over-bridges. We were thinking that those will reduce traffic jam, while metropolitan police and experts are saying that it will increase the traffic jam, special lanes for buses. So metro-rails would be the solution. A few people wishing to remain anonymous and are in charge of different departments tasked to build the flyovers and over-bridges said to the Prothom Alo that the government was interested in it for two reasons; first, the people could see the project and the second, the project cost estimated at 28 thousand crore taka, they would be able to pocket a sizeable sum in the name of commission from the project.
For the unbridled greed of some people in the government, the entire nation is suffering.
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